# Now I know what it feels like to sit in the middle of 500 000 people in a small space **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 31, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116 "2003-07-31T13:28:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kingpengvin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9dc877/32.png) [@kingpengvin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kingpengvin)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/1 "2003-07-31T13:28:32Z")
Holy Crap what an experience. What a show. i never saw anything like it before. I was at teh Toronto concert yesterday and I still can’t belive what I saw. Hats off to the organizers! It was a greate time and the spot I picked out turned out to be terrific. I only wish I hadn’t left as early as I did. What a great show! ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/2 "2003-07-31T20:10:18Z")
Um, what show was this? ---
**Author:** ![Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@Rube\_E.Tewesday](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rube_E.Tewesday)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/3 "2003-07-31T20:51:03Z")
There was a huge concert, headlining the Stones but including everybody and his dog, from Justin Timberlake on up. It was supposed to show that Toronto was back after SARS. Guess it succeeded really well, eh? ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/4 "2003-07-31T20:52:27Z")
Hmmm … it had half a million people … in a small space … in Toronto … It must have been … _ **Bob and Doug MacKenzie On Ice!!** _ ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/5 "2003-07-31T21:17:11Z")
But did you get the SARS? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/6 "2003-08-01T02:23:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by SmackFu \* > \*\*But did you get the SARS? \*\* They sold it at the concession stands, but the prices were _outrageous_!!! For what they were charging for just one SAR, I coulda gotten a whole _box_ of SARS at the supermarket! All this at a benefit concert, too. Some people have no shame. ---
**Author:** ![NoGoodNamesLeft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/8797f3/32.png) [@NoGoodNamesLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NoGoodNamesLeft)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/7 "2003-08-01T12:45:46Z")
Can anybody explain why Rush appeared to be doing their laundry on stage? ---
**Author:** ![DeVena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@DeVena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeVena)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2003, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/now-i-know-what-it-feels-like-to-sit-in-the-middle-of-500-000-people-in-a-small-space/192116/8 "2003-08-01T14:34:25Z")
And didja throw your water bottle at Justin Timerlake? Huh, didja?